TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 225544 [ 2024TNSTR3517....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-15 20:53:01
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Nabeel Rehemtulla (CIERA, NU), Christoffer Fremling (Caltech), Daniel Perley (LJMU), Theophile du Laz (Caltech) on behalf of ZTF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024vkr
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abgweqy
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:23:59.845 (140.9993535) DEC = +26:10:07.06 (26.1686278)
Discovery date: 2024-09-09 12:21:00.999 (JD=2460563.0145949)


Remarks: Bright (m_peak <= 18.5) transient candidate identified autonomously by BTSbot (Rehemtulla et al. 2024; arXiv:2401.15167).

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-09-09 12:21:00.999
Flux: 18.1328 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Archival info: Other
Remarks: No non-detections prior to first detection in ZTF Public, ZTF Public+Partnership alert streams

Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://sandbox.wis-tns.org/object/2024vkr